Toddalia (todalia)

[NL. (Ju ieu, 1789), from the Malabar name of T. aculeata - kaka toddali.] A genus of polypetalous plants, of the order Rutaceæ, type of the tribe Toddalieæ. It is characterized by flowers with a two to five-toothed calyx, as many petals and stamens, and a punctate fleshy or coriaceous fruit with two to seven cells, each usually with a single seed. There are about 8 species, scattered through tropical regions and warm parts of Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and tropical Asia. They are shrubs, often climbers, and frequently spiny, with alternate leaves of three se ile lanceolate leaflets, and axillary or terminal cymes or panicles of small flowers followed by globular or lobed fruits resembling peas. T. lanceolata is known in South Africa as white ironwood. For T. aculeata, see lopez-root. Toddalieæ (tod-a-li'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1862), I should like to come and have a cottage in your park, toddle about, live mostly on milk, and be taken care of by Mrs. Boswell. Johnson, in Boswell, ætat. 74. The young lady had one of the children asleep on her shoulder; and another was toddling at her side, holding by his sister's dre . Thackeray , Philip, xvi. =Syn. See waddle . toddle (tod'l), n. [ IMG:content-0514.png:[blocks in formation]